Temporary fix at Stardust sewer line avoids displacing residents

Monique Ching/Standard-Times Stardust Mobile Home Park is installing a temporary fix for its leaky sewer line, while it works to permanently replace the line. Water service will continue to the park and residents will not be displaced.

Monique Ching

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SAN ANGELO, Texas - A temporary fix of Stardust Mobile Home Park's leaky sewer will allow for continued water service to residents until the line is permanently replaced.

Park owners are installing a temporary pumping operation to bypass the leaking sewer line that is expected to be operational by Tuesday, according to a city news release.

The city's water utilities department will monitor the park, at 2501 Martin Luther King Drive, to ensure the waste doesn't pose a public health threat until the bypass is installed.

Last week the city discovered the sewer system failure resulted in a flow of raw sewage that posed a serious public health threat, the news release states.

Initially the city gave notice it would interrupt water service to the park Friday but postponed the decision until Monday to give owners time to address the leak and give residents time to arrange temporary accommodations if necessary.

The city's water department crews monitored the seepage over the weekend and twice pumped sewage from the property.

City officials and park representatives met Monday morning to discuss options in resolving the leak and preventing displacement of residents. A temporary tank is being installed to collect sewage before it seeps into the ground. The sewage then will be pumped from that tank into a different, operational sewer line.

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